Came up with the following List atm Hassassin Bahram ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 LASIQ (Fatality L1) Viral Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (2 | 27) LASIQ (Fatality L1) Viral Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (2 | 27) LASIQ (Fatality L1) Viral Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) LASIQ (Fatality L1) Viral Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) LEILA SHARIF Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Shock Marksman Rifle, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 20) BARID Hacker (Hacking Device) Lieutenant Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 21) RAFIQ REMOTE Red Fury, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 22) FARZAN (Marksmanship L1, Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 24) GHULAM Doctor Plus (MediKit) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) FIDAY Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW, Knife. (0 | 31) GROUP 2 2 4 4 FARZAN (Chain of Command) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 26) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) 5.5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army
My Ayyar does awesome work in Bahram tbh. I'd say he's one of the strongest troops they can take in terms of firepower and flexibility.
I'm thrilled to come back to Infinity just in time to see my fledgling second faction get a nice little surprise update. It does however have the unintended consequence of making it harder to work out what to paint first >:(
Well, I made some use of the new setup in the game today: Hassassin Bahram ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 5 ASAWIRA Lieutenant AP Rifle + Light Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0 | 41) ASAWIRA Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, Shock CCW. (2 | 43) LEILA SHARIF Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Shock Marksman Rifle, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 20) AVICENNA Combi Rifle, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) GOVAD (Number 2) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 22) 2 SWC | 153 Points Open in Infinity Army It is pretty versatile and effective. Not that bad with staying power, either (the Lt was there because the game was ITS Hunting Party - and Asawira is, no doubt, the most resilient Lt Hassassins can field). Unfortunately, my opponent, @Stiopa , brought his revised Shasvasti for a spin (the Dazer turned to be a major problem! My Ghazi effectively bogged down in it...) and also had a truckload of dice luck, while I was, well, less than lucky in that matter (still, it ended in 2-3 defeat for me). But the link was good. If pricey.
Hassassin Bahram ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 GOVAD (Number 2) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 22) ASAWIRA Lieutenant AP Rifle + Light Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0 | 41) ASAWIRA Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, Shock CCW. (2 | 43) LEILA SHARIF Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Shock Marksman Rifle, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 20) AVICENNA Combi Rifle, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) FARZAN (Marksmanship L1, Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 24) FARZAN (Marksmanship L1, Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 24) NAJJARUN Engineer Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) GROUP 2 1 9 4 MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) DAYLAMI Light Shotgun, Panzerfaust / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 7) DAYLAMI Light Shotgun, Panzerfaust / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 7) DAYLAMI Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) DAYLAMI Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) DAYLAMI (CH: Limited Camouflage, Inferior Infiltration) Light Shotgun, Panzerfaust / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 8) KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) 3.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army
I can't deny that I've had more luck than @Errhile during this game, but this link certainly made me nervous. I've commited Gwailo, Cadmus, and more than a turn worth of orders to dismantle it. I still think that Haris with one Asawira would fare better here; smaller footprint, more points left for support, another assault trooper - maybe it'd be possible to include a Ragik? Granted, now we're dealing with a slightly different kind of list: Hassassin Bahram ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 9 1 1 ASAWIRA (Fireteam: Haris) Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, Shock CCW. (2 | 44) MUYIB Doctor Plus (MediKit) Rifle + Light Shotgun, D.E.P. / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) MUYIB (Minelayer) Rifle + Light Shotgun, D.E.P. Viral Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25) FARZAN (Marksmanship L1, Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 24) LEILA SHARIF Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Shock Marksman Rifle, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 20) GHULAM Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 17) GHULAM Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 16) GHULAM Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) GHULAM Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) GROUP 2 4 4 2 RAGIK Spitfire / Pistol, CCW. (1.5 | 32) NAJJARUN Engineer Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) DAYLAMI (CH: Limited Camouflage, Inferior Infiltration) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) DAYLAMI Light Shotgun, Panzerfaust / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 7) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Errhile, we've missed that those Farzans have Marksmanship. Shock ammo, no Spawn Embryo left from my Cadmus. It was of no consequence this game, but we need to remember this.
Yeah, Asawiras in a full Core are overkill apart from pure killy missions maybe. They are so good they wouldnt have needed that bonus... But I personally would never ever leave the House without the BSG Doc in the Link. Firstly because that Muyib goes down far to easy against most things in reactive and then your Doc and Specialist are suddenly gone. The second wound, the Shock Immunity and the ability, if downed to come back is worth so much. On top of that, the BSG is great to, because if you happen to run into a TAG, that thing can do work in a pinch. And a Ragik is something I always...really every game I dont have it in my list, I could slap myself for not having learned my lesson and always bring one. Beeing able to flank, when no one is watching or removing a key piece in the DZ you otherwise couldnt reach or outgun is so worth it.
@ Farzan - same as normal FO Farzan. They didn't see much action, I kept them in advanced positions near antennas to click them late in the game. One fell victim of Taiga's ChainColt though. I forgot about their MM L1, but it was of little consequence this time, as Stiopa mentioned:. I'd have killed the Cadmus rather than put it into SpawnEmbryo, and that'd be it. @ Najjarun - yup, ungluing (or un-Isolating) was the first idea, though he's still a Specialist, and could've been used to click an Objective, or perhaps fulfill a Classified (if one required an Engineer).